Web-Based System Works Well for Diagnosis, Treatment of Recurrent Vertigo

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A web-based system is efficacious for the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), according to a study published online Jan. 17 in JAMA Neurology.
Hyo-Jung Kim, Ph.D., from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea, and colleagues examined the efficacy of web-based diagnosis and treatment of BPPV when it recurs in a cohort of 585 patients with diagnosed and treated BPPV. Patients were randomly assigned to the treatment group or control group in a 1:1 ratio (292 and 293 participants, respectively). The treatment group completed a questionnaire for diagnosis and received a video clip for self-administration of the canalith repositioning maneuver (CRM) when they experienced positional vertigo again, according to the type of BPPV diagnosed. Patients in the control group received a video clip for CRM self-administration based on the type of BPPV diagnosed on enrollment.
The researchers found that 128 patients (21.9 percent) had recurrence (58 and 70 in the treatment and control groups, respectively); 109 successfully used the web-based system. In the intention-to-treat analysis, 72.4 and 42.9 percent of participants in the treatment and control groups, respectively, reported vertigo resolution.
"This randomized multicenter controlled trial demonstrated the efficacy of a web-based diagnosis and treatment system for recurrent BPPV," the authors write. "Furthermore, most patients were able to use this system without difficulty when they had a presumed recurrence of BPPV."
Several authors disclosed financial ties to DZMED.
Abstract/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)
Related Posts
Fomentar la creatividad ayuda a los niños a enfrentar los desafíos de la vida, según un estudio
MIÉRCOLES, 6 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Al igual que los adultos,...
Think You’re at High Risk of Prostate Cancer? Healthy Living Can Slash Odds for Lethal Disease
MONDAY, July 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Genes can put some men at heightened...
Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important...
Un sensor de ADN puede detectar en qué momentos la COVID es contagiosa
VIERNES, 24 de septiembre de 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo sensor de ADN...